What is the point of each weapon?

[Joseph Sneed]

I have been playing the game for a while now but I am not sure I get the point of some of the weapons...

I get that the ax is a utility item as well as quick in combat.

The Atgeir is good for keeping your distance and area control.

the bow is range

the knife is cheap and has a stealth bonus.

For the life of me though I can't figure out the point of the spear, sword and club.
The spear can be thrown but it takes more stamina to use and does not have the range advantage of the Atgeir. The sword and club just both seem to do the same thing as the ax but both have an attack that takes so long to charge up it always misses. Is there something I am missing?

[Jack]

spear is better at killing than an axe

[DarkEternal]

AFAIK, clubs seem to be more effective against skeletons. So slash and the others should work well against other enemies. If that's not the case now, then it probably will be in future updates.

[jonnin]

right, some enemy have resists to the damage, classic trio of blunt, pierce, and slash seems to be in play. Spears come in 2 flavors IRL, one for fighting against mounted enemy and one for heavy ranged attacks, depending on time and culture. I havent tried one in here yet.

[DaTank]

The point is at the end of the spear opposite of the shaft, the axe doesn't really have a point unless you count where it curves, the pick axe has two points on opposite ends, the bow has a point on the arrow and the knife has a pointy end

[muffins]

Enemies have weaknesses and protections against certain damage types. The damage numbers change colour to reflect this. Yellow = weakness to that damage type. White = normal. Grey = protections against that damage type. Undead are weak to blunt. Greydwarves seem to be weak to piercing damage.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by Jack:

spear is better at killing than an axe

Well, no, not necessarily. Some enemies resist damage from certain weapons. Every weapon has different characteristics, though it's sometimes subtle, there are obvious categories of blunt, pierce, slash damage. Plus there are some special weapons, such as fire or poison arrows, that do different types of damage. You'll find smashing skeletons with a mace or club works far better than any piercing damage will but trolls tend to take more damage from piercing weapons like arrows or spears and less from blunt weapons like a club or mace.

[Asalleer]

the spear gives you short range attack well not completely leaving you defenseless close up

[Oswald]

Originally posted by Man Who Stares at Goat:

I have been playing the game for a while now but I am not sure I get the point of some of the weapons...

I get that the ax is a utility item as well as quick in combat.

The Atgeir is good for keeping your distance and area control.

the bow is range

the knife is cheap and has a stealth bonus.

For the life of me though I can't figure out the point of the spear, sword and club.
The spear can be thrown but it takes more stamina to use and does not have the range advantage of the Atgeir. The sword and club just both seem to do the same thing as the ax but both have an attack that takes so long to charge up it always misses. Is there something I am missing?

The sword swings faster then the axe but does the same dmg type.

the Atgeir got a spin attack and long range, while the spear can be thrown and you can carry a shield.

Yes the bow is for range.

The knife does 2 types of dmg and got 10x insted of 3x of backstab dmg.

The sword is slash like the axe.
The spear is one handed so you can hold your shield and block while also been able to throw.
The club is blunt dmg type like the maces which does alot of dmg to skeletons and slimes.

Different monsters takes extra dmg from different types. Different types of weapons got certen limites like been 2 handed and some shields block more but slow you down more.

[Joseph Sneed]

I do feel like the spear should have a longer range than it does to the point only the Atgeir has more reach (and I think its hitbox need to be slightly extended to.) The advantage of the spear should be range over other 1 handed weapons as it uses up more stamina than basically anything other than the Atgeir. The issue with throwing it is if you miss you no longer have a weapon. The sword and club also need more to set them apart as by the time you unlock them your like lv 30 with the axe and need a reason to switch.

[Incantus]

The sword is alot faster than the axe, and if you do a parry followed by sword middle mouse button it does just silly dmg.

The mace is for slimes and skellies, also blunt is good overall, only trolls resist it.

[djinnxy]

It's usually the end that points away from you unless it's blunt then you just hold the smaller side.

[TheStarsBleedLight]

spear is sorta a poor man's Atgeir. Sword and club have their heavy attacks that you need to time correctly to hit and deal out a heap of damage. Try moving away from the foe and then turn around and charge before they are in range and they should walk into it if you time it right. Also blunt weapons work better on some foes than slash or pierce ones. Hope that helps.

[Tommy]

Look at the colour of the damage numbers when you attack something. Different damage types are good vs different things. Grey colour is bad. White neutral. Yellow(?) good.

[hpsfamily]

Originally posted by DaTank:

The point is at the end of the spear opposite of the shaft, the axe doesn't really have a point unless you count where it curves, the pick axe has two points on opposite ends, the bow has a point on the arrow and the knife has a pointy end

since the shaft makes up 95% of the spear minus the spear butt and spearhead im not sure if there is an opposite end. lets have some accuracy in sarcasm plz.

[Leaf]

Originally posted by hpsfamily:

Originally posted by DaTank:

The point is at the end of the spear opposite of the shaft, the axe doesn't really have a point unless you count where it curves, the pick axe has two points on opposite ends, the bow has a point on the arrow and the knife has a pointy end

since the shaft makes up 95% of the spear minus the spear butt and spearhead im not sure if there is an opposite end. lets have some accuracy in sarcasm plz.

I didn't see any sarcasm there. It would be like me telling you that im should be i'm. Move on, people get it. =)

Always loved this video if you have genuine interest in spears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLLv8E2pWdk